Hooked on a Ceiling (406-809)

Synopsis

Michelangelo fires all of his workers while painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, but realizes he has no workers, and the pope is coming by to see the finished ceiling soon. So he hires the Warners, who paint over the various pictures due to their disgust over naked people. However, when Michelangelo claims that they're supposed to paint naked people, the Warners agree (because they like painting naked people). However, the end results displease Michelangelo, but the Pope, who is revealed to be Steven Spielberg, is impressed by the paintings that resemble his movies.

Trivia

In the beginning of the cartoon, parodies of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles appear, since Michelangelo is also one of the names of the turtles. Michelangelo the Turtle has an orange headband.

The narrator is a caricature of actor John Houseman.

The Goodfeathers are seen sitting on the statue of David in one of the slides.

Michelangelo is a caricature of actor Kirk Douglas.

The bellringer is a parody of Quasimodo from the Victor Hugo novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

At the end of the Warners' song, Dot sings a parody of "Feelings" by Morris Albert.

When Michelangelo asks to be let in, Yakko does an imitation of the guard from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.

An animated version of Steven Spielberg makes a cameo, as the Pope.

In The Creation of Adam, Elliot and E.T. (from Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial) take the place of Adam and God.

At the end, the Warners give Michelangelo a bowl of cereal and say, "Hey, Mikey, he likes it!" This is a parody of the Life cereal ads from the 1970s.

After Dot tells Michelangelo to paint the Mona Lisa, he says, "That's Da Vinci!" then Dot says, "That's delightful!" then Yakko says, "That's de-lovely!" This is a reference to a song by Cole Porter called "It's De-Lovely".

After whiting out the ceiling, the Warners paint a C.M. Coolidge painting of dogs playing poker, a group of girls done in the style of Margaret Keane and a portrait of Elvis Presley.

The praying peasant sounds exactly like Dr. Scratchansniff.

popular youtube critic The Nostalgia Critic has named this short as the greatest Animaniacs short.

Quotes

Yakko: Wait a minute, you expect us poor innocent children to climb up that dangerous scaffolding and paint naked people all over a church?

The Warners: We'll do it!

Yakko: But we're not doing it for the sake of art, and we're not doing it for the sake of money. No, we're doing it because...we like painting naked people.

Goodfeathers: The Beginning (406-702)

Synopsis

Squit dreams of being a Goodfeather, like Pesto and Bobby, but the two don't think he has what it takes. However, the Godpigeon agrees to let him be a Goodfeather if he gets him some food, so the trio of pigeons try to get a bagel that landed in the middle of the street. However, all of their attempts usually end with them getting injured in some way. In the end, the Godpigeon ends up getting the bagel himself with ease, and Squit becomes a Goodfeather.